Ron Sims is a civic volunteer active in health, education, environmental
and social equity issues. Appointed by Governor Jay Inslee, Sims serves as
the chair of the Washington Health Benefit Exchange Board. The board is
responsible for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Washington
State.

Sims is on the Board of Regents of Washington State University. He was
appointed to the board by former Governor Chris Gregoire. The Board of
Regents is the university's governing body.

Sims serves on the Puget Sound Leadership Council, a seven-member citizen
group that governs the Puget Sound Partnership, a state agency coordinating
with federal, state, local, tribal and private resources in restoring the
ecological health of Washington State’s largest estuary.

Sims is on the Board of Directors of the Washington Health Alliance, formerly
the Puget Sound Health Alliance, a nonprofit organization he helped found where
employers, physicians, hospitals, patients, health plan providers and others
from throughout the region come together to improve health care quality.

Sims served as the Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 2009 to 2011.
He was appointed by President Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S.
Senate. As the second most senior official at HUD, Sims managed the day-to-day operations of an agency with 8,500 employees and an operating budget of nearly $40 billion.

Prior to his appointment at HUD, Sims served for 12 years as the elected
Executive of Martin Luther King, Jr. County in Washington State, the 13th largest county in the nation with 1.8 million residents and 39 cities including the cities of Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond.

As County Executive, Sims was nationally recognized for his work on the integration of environmental, social equity and public health policies that produced groundbreaking work on climate change, health care reform, affordable housing, mass transit, environmental protection, land use, and equity and social justice.

Born in Spokane, Washington in 1948, Sims is a graduate of Central Washington University.